3^rd BIP on International training in ‘Business Case Analysis’ 02 December – 06 December, 2024 Antwerp Take on the experience in a multidisciplinary & intercultural team and learn to analyse case studies based on methodological and theoretical principles. Working Space: Thomas More ‘Campus National’, Kronenburgstraat 62, 2000 Antwerp A picture containing text, building, road, outdoor Description automatically generated Airports nearby Antwerp: Brussels Airport (50 km from Antwerp): all airlines Brussels National Airport The railway station at the airport is on Level -1. Book your trainticket via Belgiantrain from Bussels Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal Brussels South (120 km from Antwerp): only Low cost airlines Brussels South (Charleroi) You should take the bus from the airport to the railway station of Charleroi Sud. Book your trainticket via Belgiantrain from Charleroi-Sud to Antwerpen-Centraal NL-Eindhoven Airport ( 90 km from Antwerp): only Low cost airlines Eindhoven Airport (The Netherlands) You should take the bus from the airport to the railway station of Eindhoven. Book your trainticket via B-europe.com from Eindhoven to Antwerpen-Centraal You also can look at the website of Flibco to see if you find bus connections to Antwerpen. COVID-rules, Belgium: As for the moment there are no rules anymore. However, we can not know what will happen in the coming months. The Program-Preliminary As this is a Blended Intensive Programme, we need to come together physically for at least 5 days. Next to this, we will work together online for two moments. First online meeting with all participating students; To be decided by the participating partners …. In the physical part of this BIP, students will combine theoretical and practical knowledge to solve case studies. They will apply the learned business knowledge and the methodological skills related to case studies into business problems. In the end they will deliver a coherent presenation successfully. Day Hours Subject 1 Dec. Sunday Arrival to Belgium for international students. 2 Dec. Monday 09:30-10:30 10:45-12:30 12:30-13:30 13:30-19:00 19:00- … Welcome and Ice-Breaking Case Studies and case competitions Lunch Organised activity: Discover Antwerp + dinner Free time 3 Dec. Tuesday 09:30-11:00 11:15-12:30 12:30-13:30 13:30-15:00 15:15-16:30 17:00- … Case solving mindset and process Case reading and understanding Lunch Case analysis Strategy Development Free time 4 Dec. Wednesday 09:30-11:00 11:15-12:30 12:30-13:30 13:30-19:00 Creating and structuring the presentation Presentation delivery Lunchtime Organised activity + dinner ‘Pizza’ 5 Dec. Thursday 9:30-12:30 12:30-13:30 13:30-16:30 17:00-… Case Study handout, reading and analysis Lunchtime Preparing the presentation and pitch Free time 6 Dec. Friday 9:30-12:30 12:30-13:00 Final presentations and individual evaluation/feedback to each team. Closing of the week and departure Remark: Everybody should be able to stay untill 13:00 in Antwerp, Campus National. Language: English Benefits: Certificate of attendance & 3 ECTS + social and cultural activities in a multicultural setting No participation fee(*): 4 lunches and 2 eveningmeals included. (*)^students pay their travel and accommodation costs themselves Accommodation Mostly, students want to make their own reservations wherever they want. Please, take into account the location of our workings space. However, nearby, I can recommend the youth hostel Pulcinella, Bogaardeplein 1, BE-2000 Antwerpen antwerpen@vjh.be / Tel. +32 3 234 03 14 https://www.jeugdherbergen.be/en/antwerp Recommended Hotel for Lecturers: IBIS Hotel Antwerpen centrum, it has a good value for the price you pay. Of course, you always can look at Booking.com or at Spending the night in Antwerp. Regsitrations of the participating students should be done BEFORE Oct. 18^th, 2024 Please let your students register via: https://webforms.thomasmore.be/view.php?id=1361179 Partners who receive this invitation. Please distribute this invitation internally if necessary. Prof. Armbruster Christian Germany Hochschule Kaiserslautern Christian.armbruster@hs-kl.de Prof. Dr. Innuse Gunta Latvia BA School of Business and Finance (lecturer) gunta.innuse@ba.lv Prof. Dr. Chalupova Martina Czech Republic College of Polytechnics Jihlava (lecturer) Martina.Chalupova@vspj.cz Troupová Alžbeta Czech Republic Institute of Technology and Business (lecturer) troupova@mail.vstecb.cz Pool Jaap Netherlands HAN University Jaap.pool@han.nl Fusteforne Francesc Spain Universitat de Girona francesc.fusteforne@udg.edu Szász Levente Romania Babes-Bolyai University levente.szasz@econ.ubbcluj.ro Kovács András Hungary Budapest Business School kovacs.andras2@uni-bge.hu